Biology:Phyllonorycter ocimellus
| Phyllonorycter ocimellus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. ocimellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter ocimellus de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter ocimellus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in eastern and western Kenya in humid, secondary forests at an altitude of about 1,600 meters.[1]
The length of the forewings is 3.1–3.4 mm.[1] The forewing is elongate and the ground colour is dark ochreous, with white markings.[1] The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[1] Adults emerged from mines in mid-April, early May and early November.[1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Ocimum gratissimum.[1] The mine has the form of an underside tentiform mine.[1] The mine is opaque, creamy or light brown.[1] Pupation takes place in a white cocoon.[1]
Etymology
The species name is formed from the root of the host plant generic name Ocimum and the Latin suffix –ellus.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7189167 entry
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